What to do with your Christmas Leftovers? I guess the first question is what did you cook for your Christmas Lunch? Turkey? Ham? Popping up on lots of foodie social media are lots of turkey curries right now and plenty of festive pasta bakes but what can we do with our Christmas leftovers that doesn’t involve curry or pasta.
Christmas Cooking
My Six favourite Sweet Seasonal Treats
Do you have festive recipe that you make every year? Christmas baking starts early in our household when we make the Christmas cakes before the end of summer. We always follow this by making mincemeat for my serious mince pie addiction. But with Christmas just around the corner here are my personal favourite festive bakes and my recipe for a Baileys hot chocolate that might just get you on Santa’s naughty list.
Stir Up Sunday – Aunty Mary’s Best Christmas Pudding
I love baking at Christmas, the smell of all the warming spices and all the rich delicious cakes and pastries, Gingerbread Houses, Stollen, Pannatone, Mince Pies and the Christmas Pudding. This recipe is from one of my culinary inspirations my Aunty Mary, a brilliant cook, it really is the best I’ve ever encountered with lots of dried fruits, citrus peel and good soaking in some good beer.